Dana Richardson has two upcoming performances. He writes:

I'd like to alert you to a performance of my Cantique d'Amourfor solo piano on September 20. It's the fourth movement of my Invocationswhich is a piece I started on Mother's Day in honor of my mother.

Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 3 PM - the American Chamber Ensemble presents its Annual Music Party fundraiser at Hofstra University’s New Academic Building, on the south campus in Hempstead, New York. Guest performers Stanley Drucker, clarinet and Karen Lehman DiMartino, soprano will join ACE Directors pianist Blanche Abram, clarinetist Naomi Drucker and pianist Marilyn Lehman, along with violinist Eriko Sato, violist Lois Martin and cellist Chris Finckel, in a program of informal music making that will preview the upcoming 50th season.

The event will also include a special exhibition about the history of ACE.

Admission to the Gala Annual Music Party is by contribution only ($40, to the American Chamber Ensemble). For category information, benefits and Music Party reservations, please visit http://americanchamberensemble.com/ or call 631-242-5684 or 516-586-3433.

Dana's second performance is of Saturnfor woodwind quintet and marimba. It is being held at the Jet Blue Sky Theater Planetarium at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. The night is presented by the Long Island Composers Alliance, as part of the "Celestial S.T.E.A.M. Music and Astronomy Night."

Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM
Jet Blue Sky Theater Planetarium at the Cradle of Aviation Museum
Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City, NY 11530
Tickets: $20/Adult ($15 for members) $12/Children (2-10) ($8 for members).
For more information call 516-572-4111.